VOL. XXXVIII

NO. 42

17 JULY 1995

The Political Scene

The Algerian authorities and the Front Islamique du Salut have blamed eachother for the breakdown of attempts to settle the country's political crisis,but neither side is prepared to state categorically that the dialogue is over.The PLO and Israel have begun their final push for an agreement on the nextstage of autonomy as Israel's more politically-minded rabbis escalate theiropposition to any redeployment of Israeli forces in the West Bank....